To begin to look at the role the women represent in myth and religion, we must first take a look at what everyday life was like for a woman in the Ancient Greek world. ... There were very different roles for the genders in Ancient Greece, the men were ideally warriors and the women were child bearers. ... Bearing children was the most important function of Spartan women as well as for Athenians, but since the state was constantly at war and the production of warriors was of highest priority this was were the emphasis lay in Sparta. ... In his role as patriarch Zeus shows the Greek man how t...

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"Hera was depicted as a young woman, fully developed, or a chaste and severe beauty. ... Sometimes the delicate nudity of his adolescent body is half covered by the nebris, a skin of a panther or fawns; sometimes he wears a long robe such as a woman wore. ... She was the Warrior Goddess, Goddess of the Art Piece, Goddess of Intelligence, Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess of Reason, Goddess of Purity, Protector of Towns, Guardian of Acropolises, Goddess of the City, and Protector of Civilized Life, Handicrafts, and Agriculture. ... "At first he was depicted as a bearded warrior wearing a helmet with a...

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Cupid and Psyche is a tale of an elegant young woman, Psyche, in whom no man would love, only see. ... On his way back he rescues a woman by the name of Andromeda and falls in love with her. ... The Greeks are always known as great warriors from the myths such as the Fall of Troy and Hercules, but as Edith Hamilton writes these myths, it is evident the skills the Greeks had, other than combat skills. ...

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In Homer's epic tale The Iliad, Hephaistos receives a request to forge battle armor and shield for the great Greek warrior and mortal, Achilles, during the heat of the Trojan War. ... Another myth of distinction is Hephaistos" creation of the first woman, Pandora, at the command of Zeus. ...

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In the Iliad, written by the poet Homer, Athena is portrayed as a fierce and ruthless warrior goddess, who takes pleasure in war and fighting. ... It was a splendid round, bold hand of her own conception, a style that would have stamped a woman as Minerva's own in more recent days." ...

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One of the most telling aspects of this interaction is revealed shortly after the confrontation between Achilleus, the great warrior, and Agamemnon the king and leader of Greek forces. ... When Hera is attempting to convince Sleep to help her distract Zeus, she argues as any scheming human would : first, requests a favor; after being denied, she promises Sleep to give him a woman he lusts for. ...

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